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Lille faces Sturm Graz in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa Conference League, this Thursday evening (6:45 p.m.). Here is all the essential information on this match.
Without making any noise, Lille continues on its merry way in a competition which seems within its reach. Paulo Fonseca’s team has real ambitions in this Europa Conference League. First obstacle on his way in this knockout phase: Sturm Graz.
Despite the massacre affecting his group, Paulo Fonseca announced the color. “We like difficult things (smile). We have to make do with the players at our disposal. In any case, we will have no excuses, we believe in all the players. They will be ready to play three matches per week. Of course, I have to do a bit of management with some players, but for me the most important thing is always the next match and today (Wednesday) is tomorrow’s (Thursday). I just have to play it with the best team because it’s an important moment for us and for the club. We have to play with the best team. We know we have a very difficult game coming up against a very difficult team.”
The official compositions
Sturm Graz : Jaros – Affengruber, Wüthrich, Lavalée – Gazibegovic, Horvat, Stankovic (c), Kiteishvili, Schnegg – Sarkaria, Biereth.
Lille : Chevalier – Santos, Yoro, Alexsandro, Ismaily – André (c), Bouaddi – Zhegrova, Gomes, Haraldsson – David.
Where to watch the game ?
This round of 16 first leg of the Europa Conference League between Sturm Graz and Lille will be broadcast this Thursday on RMC Sport 1, from 6:45 p.m. It will also be possible to watch it on the RMC Sport group’s streaming platform.
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